Sulky-plow.



W. L.-PAUL.

SULKY PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.17,1908. 925,593 Patented June 22, 1909.

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Patented June 22, 1909.

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SULKY PLOW.

APPLICATION PI'LED 00117.1909.

INVENTOR A Home W. L. PAUL.-

SULKY PLOW.

AAAAAAAAA 0N- FILED OOT.17,19Q8L 925,593. Patented June 22, 1909.

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iiiZlLLIAM L. PAUL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'lO OLIVER OHILLED PLOW WORKS,

OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. 1

SULKY-PLOW.

Application filed October 17, 1908. Seriai No. 468,231.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. PAUL, of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sulky-Plows; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sulky plows, and more particularly to means for raising the plows and means for adjusting the position of the operators seat,-one object of the invention being to provide simple and'efficient appliances to facilitatethe raising ofthe plows either manually or by power applied by the draft animals,.and

to provide devices whereby the power lifting means can be thrown into action by the operator either with his hand or with his foot.

With these objects in View the invention consists in various novel features of-con-.

struc'tion and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow showing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, and Fig. 3 is an end view partly in section, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating my improvements.

1 represents the frame of a sulky plow and the carrying wheels. 'lhe axle of the machine comprises two bails .2). 3, each provided at its outer end with a journal for the accommodation of a carrving wheel. Each tail 3 is provided at its inner end with an arm 4- and the arms 4 ol' the respective bails arepivolally cr-m-nected with a depending 'POl't-ION located centrally between the sides of the frame 1. l low beams 6 are mounted between their ends upon the res )eclivc bail-axle-sections and'prrn'ided at their rear ends withplow bottoms in the usual manner.

At each side of the frame 1, an operating lever 8 is located and pivotally supported at 9 by depending portions of the frame. The lower end of each operating low-r is ronnected with one of the -axle bails and secured Specification of Letters Patent.

. means of a spring 14.

Patented June 22, 1909.

RISSUD by a set screw 9?, preferably in proximity to the journals on which the carrying wheel is mounted, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. It is apparent that when one of these levers is moved by the operator, the bail with which the lever is connected will be turned and the plow connected with this bail will be raised. In order toinsure the proper operation of the axle bails without danger of binding or straining the pivotal'supports,,an arm 10 is rigidly secured at one end to each bailand at the other end pivotally connected with the frame approximately in horizontal alinement with the pivotal support of the operating levers.

Segments. 11 are mounted onthe frame 1 at respective sides thereof and each of these segments is provided on its under side or edge with teeth to be engaged by a lug 12 on a locking bar 13 carried by the operating lever. Thislocking bar is normally pressed upwardly to insure the engagement of the lug 12 with the teeth of the segment 11 by When the plow is to be raised by hand the locking bar will be moved downwardly so as to disengage the lug 12 from the tooth segment 11 and this canbe readily accomplished by means of a latch-lever 15 pivrdaily attached to the operating lever and provided at one side of its pivotal supportwith an elongated slot 16 to receive a pin 17 projecting from the lockingbar. It apparent that by pressing the latch-lever toward the operating lever, the

locking bar will he slid downwardly against the resistance of the spring 14 and the lug 12 movement of the locking-bar may be acconyplished by means of a 'atch lever 21 pivoted to the operating lever preferably a pon below the latch lever 1 5 and provided with a. slot 22 to receive a pm 23 on the locking bar;

'When the locking bar has been thus moved sirable for the operator to have his attention detracted from the draft animalswhen he de-' sires to efi'ect the raising of one or the other plow, and hence I, have provided means whereby the devices which effect the raising of the plows can be controlled through the. 'medium ofioot levers.

These devices will now be described. Two foot levers 24, 24, are mounted in suitable b1'acliets'25 depending from the forward portion of the frame 1 at the sides of the latterand in a'bracket 26 located intermediate the sides of the frame.

A bell-crank lever 27 is pivotally attached to each operating lever 8 at a oint in proximity to the pivotal support '0 the latter. One

' arm of' this bell crank lever is connected by means of a link 28 with the locking-bar 13 carried by the operating lever. To the other arm of the bell crank lever 27, one end of a rod or link 29 is pivotally attached and theother end 0t said rod or link is provided with an elongated slot 30 to receive the end of a crank arm 31 on the adjacent foot lever 24. From this construction and arrangement of parts it will be seen that when the operator moves a foot lever 24 forwardly, the rod or link 29 will also be moved forwardly and motion will be transmitted through the bellcrank lever 27 and the link 28 to the lockingbar 13 so as to cause the latter to'descend and engage the ratchet or clutch wheel on the adjacent carrying wheel. The forward niotion of the machine will now cause the 0 er- I ard 36 for a seat. 37

ating lever to be turned and the axle ail with-which it isconnectedto be also turned and the plow to be raised. As the o eratin'g lever moves forwardly, a lug 32 on t e looking bar 13 will engage a cam or shoulder 33 on the top of the se out 11 when the plow shall have been sudi entl raised, and thus cause the locking-bar to e elevated out of engagement with the ratchet or'clu'tch wheel, when the carrying wheel to which this clutch wheel is secured can run freely. The locking bar 13 will now be caused, by the action of the spring 14, to engage a tooth of the segment 11. The foot levers are maintained in their normal position by means of springs 34 attached at one end to said levers and at the other end to the irame 1. The spring standis attachg l to the frame of the machine.

Having .fullydescribed iiivention what I, mounte I'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is,-, i

1. In a sulky plow, the combination with a bail, a plow beam and an operating lever connected with the bail for ra1sing the plow, of a locking-bar, a segment to cooperate with said locltin bar, a clutch wheel to be ongaged by t e locking bar, a foot lever, and devices lntermediate the foot lever and the locking bar for moving the same into engagement with the clutch wheel.

2. In a sulky plow, the combination with a bail, a carrying wheel, a plow beam connected with the bad, and an operating lever also connected with the bail, of a" clutch wheel- I carried by the carrying wheel, a locking-bar carried b clutch wiieel, a toothel segment, means for normally holding the lockin bar out of engagement with the clutch w%1eel and in em gagement with-the toothed segment, a foot ever and devices intermediate of the foot lever. and the locking-bar for moving the latter out of engagement with the toothed segment and into engagement with the-clutch wheel.

' 3. In a'sulkylow the combination with a bail, a carryin wheel, a plow-beam attached to the bail, a c utch wheel secured to the'c'arryin wheel and an operatinglever mounted on t e frame of the machine and connected with the hail, of a locking bar carried by the operating lever, a toothed segment to be engaged by said locking-bar, hand operated de- 80. the operatin lever to engage said vices and foot 0 erated devices both c0nnected with the ocking-bar for moving the same out of engagement with the toothed segment and into engagement with. the clutch wheel.

4. In a sulky-plow, the combination with a baiL-a carryin wheel, a glow beam attached to-the bail, a c utch whe secured to the carrying wheel and an operating lever connected with the bail of a locking bar carried by the operating, lever, a toothed segment, a lug on the locking bar to ,engage' said toothed segment, means under the controlof the operator for moving the locking-bar into engagement with the c utch wheel, a cam on the segment and a lug on the locking-bar to engage said cam to move the locking-bar out ofenga ement with the clutch wheel.

5. In a su ky plow, the combination with a frame, a bail, 'a plow beam, and an operating lever, of a bar a segment to 006 erate with said 'loc ar, a clutch whee to be enga ed by the locking bar, a foot lever on the frame, a slotted .bar connected with foot lever, and connections between said slotted bar and locking bar.

6. In asulky plow, the combination with a frame, a bail, a plowbeam, and an operating lever, o'f alocking barcarried by the o ,eratinglever, a segment to cooperate wit said v locking bar, a clutch wheel to be engaged by In testimony whereof, I have signed this the locking bar, a foot lever mounted on the specification in the presence of two subscrib- -frame, a bell-crank mounted on the operating witnesses. in lever, means connecting one arm of said WVILLIAM L. PAUL. 5 be l-crank with the foot lever, and a link con- Witnesses: Y necting the other arm of said bell-crank with THos. A. FREEMAN, the locking bar. (J. U. MCDONALD. 

